The Minnesota Wild celebrate their victory over the Buffalo Sabres in an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. Wild goalie, Devan Dubnyk made 38 saves for his second shutout as the Wild beat the Sabers 4-0 in Buffalo. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Minnesota Wild forward Nino Niederreiter (22) of Switzerland during the first period of a NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, New York. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Minnesota Wild's Mikko Koivu (9) takes a draw during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, New York. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Minnesota Wild goalie Devan Dubnyk (40) looks on during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Buffalo Sabres forward Ryan O'Reilly (90) skates during the third period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Buffalo Sabres' Ryan O'Reilly and Minnesota Wild's Eric Staal (12) battle for position during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Buffalo Sabres forward Kyle Okposo (21) faces off against the Minnesota Wild during the third period of an NHL hockey game, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, N.Y. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

Buffalo Sabres' Rasmus Ristolainen (55) skates without his helmet during the second period of an NHL hockey game against the Minnesota Wild, Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016, in Buffalo, New York. (AP Photo/Jeffrey T. Barnes)

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Devan Dubnyk knows the KeyBank Center in Buffalo particularly well. Almost 22 months ago, he took a red eye straight to the East Coast after being traded to the Wild midseason, and promptly started between the pipes. Dubnyk was sharp amid an 18-save shutout as the Wild earned a 7-0 win over the Buffalo Sabres.

“(My Wild career) began here,” Dubnyk said. “There will always be good memories of that no matter what.”

Dubnyk made some new memories on Thursday night as the Wild earned a 4-0 win over the Sabres. He was unflappable amid a 38-save shutout as the Wild wrapped up a weeklong East Coast road trip with a victory. It was Dubnyk’s second straight shutout — and the first time he has recorded back-to-back shutouts since Feb. 3, 2015, against the Chicago Blackhawks, and Feb. 7, 2015, against the Colorado Avalanche.

Joel Eriksson Ek, whose English is getting better by the day, perhaps said it best by keeping it simple.

“He was amazing,” Eriksson Ek said. “He saved everything.”

That win helped the Wild finish the road trip 2-1-1 despite starting with an overtime loss to the New Jersey Devils and a regulation loss to the New York Islanders. Dubnyk was a big reason for the turnaround as the Wild blew past the Boston Bruins and the Sabres down the stretch.

“It’s a nice feeling to finish the road trip that way and keep the good feeling in this rink,” Dubnyk said. “Unfortunately, we only play here once a year.”

Dubnyk was best in the second period on Thursday night. After Eriksson Ek and Jason Zucker gave the Wild a lead with goals in the first period, Dubnyk stood on his head en route to 19 saves in the second period.

“Duby bailed us out there in the second,” Ryan Suter said before realizing this was where Dubnyk got his start with the Wild.

“I was thinking that when he was playing well,” Suter added. “I was thinking, ‘This was, I think, his first game with us.’ Hopefully he can keep that going. He’s been playing pretty darn good the last couple games.”

After Dubnyk stood on his head to preserve the lead in the second period, Suter helped extend it with an insurance goal in the third period.

Suter fired a snipe from the left circle with Christian Folin tallying an assist for his first point of the season. Nate Prosser and Marco Scandella, who were also scoreless entering the night, scored points earlier in the night on the Eriksson Ek goal, meaning every Wild player has now scored a point at this point in the season.

Mikko Koivu tallied an empty netter to finalize the score before the Wild got back on a flight to the Twin Cities. The Dallas Stars come to town on Saturday night as the Wild — and their hot goaltender — try to keep things rolling.

“He’s carrying us right now,” Matt Dumba said of Dubnyk. “You’ve got to ride that wave.”

BRIEFLY

The only bad news for the Wild amid the first-period dominance was that Scandella went down with what was diagnosed as a lower-body injury. He was unable to return to the game after getting tangled up with right-winger Nicolas Deslauriers in front of Dubnyk in the crease.

“I’ll know more tomorrow,” coach Bruce Boudreau said after the game. “It’s a lower-body injury. I don’t know how long he’s going to be out, whether it’s two days or more.”

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